{{Short description|Retail shop in Amsterdam, Netherlands}} {{coord|52|22|7.7|N|4|54|8.3|E|display=title}} {{Infobox company | name = 290 Square Meters | image = 290 Square Meters Store.jpg | image_caption = Interior of 290 Square Meters | type = Retail shop | founded = 2001 | founder = Ido de Voos | hq_location = {{nowrap|Houtkopersdwarsstraat 3}}<br>1011 Amsterdam, NL | website = [http://290sqm.com 290sqm.com] }} '''290 Square Meters''' was a retail shop in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It offered men's and women's fashion as well as limited edition books, jewelry and scents.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://storeguide.highsnobiety.com/amsterdam-290-square-meters/ | title = 290 Square Meters | publisher = high snobiety | accessdate = January 22, 2013 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130216050404/http://storeguide.highsnobiety.com/amsterdam-290-square-meters/ | archive-date = February 16, 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref> 290 Square Meters was best known for being the only retail location in the world where one could buy customized NikeID shoes for a number of years.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.timeout.com/amsterdam/shops/venue/1%3A23061/290-square-meters | title = 290 Square Meters review | work = TimeOut | accessdate = January 22, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130123131444/http://www.timeout.com/amsterdam/shops/venue/1:23061/290-square-meters | archive-date = January 23, 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref> It also carried a number of other unique items by Levi's, Freitag and Arc'teryx Veilance.
Founded by Ido de Voos in 2001,<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.hipshops.com/amsterdam/shops/161/290-square-meters | title = Hip Shops | publisher = Hip Shops | accessdate = January 22, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130120075254/http://hipshops.com/amsterdam/shops/161/290-square-meters | archive-date = January 20, 2013 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }} </ref> it originally started as 90 Square meters on KNSM Island.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2003/06/90_square_meters.html | title = 90 Square Meters | author = Ania Markham | date = March 6, 2003 | publisher = Shift Japan | accessdate = January 22, 2013}}</ref> Its new location right off Waterlooplein in a former bank vault.
Both the stores original name, 90 Square Meters, and its new name, 290 Square Meters, are derived from the shop's size.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sneakerfreaker.com/articles/290-Sqm-Interview/ | title = 290 Square Meters Interview | date = April 19, 2008 | publisher = Sneaker Freaker | accessdate = January 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.formatmag.com/features/290-square-meters/ | title = 290 Square Meters | author = Leah Satlin | date = February 8, 2009 | publisher = Formatmag | accessdate = January 22, 2013}}</ref> The company opened stores in Zürich and Istanbul.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tamer Koseli - 290 SQM |url=https://tamerkoseli.com/290-sqm |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=tamerkoseli.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
In late 2012 it launched a web shop.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nalden.net/#/newsitem/2811/ | title = New Online Store Launches | author = Rognvaldr Nalden Hansson | date = September 12, 2012 | publisher = Nalden.net | accessdate = January 22, 2013}}</ref> It shut down in 2019. The Istanbul shop continued as 1290sqm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1290 Square Meters established 2001. |url=https://1290sqm.com/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=1290SQM}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Portal|Companies}} * [http://290sqm.com 290 Square Meter's Site] * [http://veilance.arcteryx.com/?EN Arc'teryx Veilance] * [http://nikeid.nike.com/nikeid/index.jsp NikeID] * [http://www.freitag.ch/ freitag bags]
Category:2001 establishments in the Netherlands Category:2019 disestablishments in the Netherlands Category:Retail companies of the Netherlands Category:Shops in Amsterdam